Lord Harland.

Chapter 263 Bulsen Siege II

Bolsen Castle is built on the hillside without a moat.Although trenches were dug and antlers were set up, because the trebuchets of the Allied Forces of the Three Provinces had a long range and suppressed the long-range attack force at the top of the city, the antlers were removed and cut off on the first day, and the trenches were filled. The coalition forces of the provincial nobles even boarded the top of the city and caused some damage to the enemy.

According to the normal siege progress, it is not too slow.

The siege battle lasted from morning to evening, and the gascoigne noble coalition forces organized four battles. The casualties on the first day exceeded 400 people. Under Richard's strict order, it can be said that they did their best.

In the evening, the spirit of this army was already tense to the extreme, and the casualties exceeded one-tenth. If there were not a large number of supervising teams blocking behind, I am afraid that it might collapse today.

After all, it was a war of aggression, not resisting orcs or protecting their families. The ability of soldiers to withstand casualties was not high. In just one day, morale had dropped to the extreme.

In the evening, Li Cha personally inspected the wounded barracks, dispatched doctors from the territory of Harland to treat the wounded, and distributed liquor and meat to condolences to the Gascoigne Provincial Noble Alliance Army, which helped the morale of the officers and soldiers recover a little.

After the battalion tour was over, Li Cha returned to the main tent of the Chinese army and summoned the middle and senior officers of the coalition army.

The decoration of Li Cha's large tent is very simple, similar to the military tents of ordinary soldiers.It's just that there are more than a dozen people living in the military tents of ordinary soldiers, and there is only one person in Li Cha's tent, which looks a little more spacious.

Two thick candles were lit in the big tent, illuminating the interior furnishings particularly brightly.On the east side is a simple map of the Grand Duchy of Stanik, and on the west side are three rows of chairs, a total of twenty or so, and the layout is a bit messy.

When the time came to about nine o'clock in the evening, the main officers had settled their camp affairs and came to the main tent of the Chinese Army.

Because the place is relatively small, some officers with lower ranks can only stay outside.

Seeing that everyone has arrived, Li Cha said straight to the point: "Everyone knows the situation well. Among the three armies, our central allied army is the slowest in gathering and the food in hand is also the shortest. In addition, Captain Morgan has collected in the past few days Food, our food reserves are only 45 days.

Although the grain roads were relatively smooth, the food shortage in the area responsible for the supply of the Central Route Army was serious, and only 45 tons of grain and fodder could be transported within [-] days.Now that the enemy has carried out the order to fortify the wall and clear the field, the time left for us is only one and a half months.

If there is no progress in a month and a half, we can only turn south, join the South Route Army, and go to the south to beg for food.

With the development of the war situation to this point, the coalition forces of the Stanik border nobles can gather and go north to join the coalition forces of the Linus family. At that time, the army led by Duke Jonathan will be in danger of being defeated.

Can our Central Route Army open up the situation?It is very critical to the success or failure of this intervention war.

Everyone has seen the siege battle today, let me tell you what you think! "

"Your Excellency, the coalition forces in the Gascoigne province suffered heavy casualties today, and they also acted very bravely, but they are still far away from breaking through the castle. Due to the constraints of the terrain, it is difficult for us to invest too many troops. The only way to attack such a fortified city is by surprise." And siege two ways.

We don't have much food, so we won't be able to siege for too long, or try a surprise attack. "

Sharp stood up and pointed at the map.During the reorganization of the coalition forces, Richard appointed Sharp as the commander of the coalition forces in Gerda Province.

Thirteen years have passed, and Sharp has also been promoted from a fifth-tier fighter to a seventh-tier warrior.He has served as the captain of the main army regiment and is a hereditary baron, so his qualifications are sufficient for this position.In order for Sharp to participate in the battle in person, Li Cha even talked to him specifically.The 13 soldiers brought by Baron Sharp are also carefully selected elite soldiers, and many of them have followed him for 20 years.

"Judging from today's battle situation, the defenders are not weak, and the officers are also experienced. Commander Sharp, please explain your views in detail. We can't let the soldiers continue to take risks."

The speaker was Calani, Commander of the Gascoigne Provincial Coalition Forces. He is the younger brother of Baron Burnham and a fifth-rank knight. He brought [-] elite soldiers with him this time. The backbone of the Nam family.

The reason why Baron Burnham sent elite soldiers to fight, in fact, there is no other way.The younger brother Kalani's prestige is too high, which has seriously threatened his status.If the external threat was not too great, the two brothers would have fallen out long ago.

This time, Baron Burnham consulted with Kalani to organize the formation of the Intervention Army, and decided to send elite soldiers from the territory to let him command. If Kalani makes military exploits, everyone will be happy if he is knighted. If Kalani fails to be knighted, he will leave Territory, join the Wild Lion Legion.

Compared with Gerda Province, Gascoigne Province has been in a very bad situation in recent years.

Viscount Anthony, the two nobles in the province, led the rebellion, and Viscount Cisse was also involved. He was punished by King Roger and demoted, and his strength plummeted.

The nobles in the province lost two pillars and [-] soldiers. Facing the orc invasion, it became very difficult to defend.

Several wars were not fought very well. Many noble territories were conquered by orcs, and the losses were very heavy and miserable.

Among the coalition forces of the nobles of the three provinces, the coalition army of the nobles of the Gascoigne province is only [-], and the quality of the soldiers is also the lowest. Kalani's command is already the highest quality of the coalition forces.Although Kalani did not have a title, he was appointed by Richard as the commander of the provincial coalition forces.

"Your Excellency, how many members of the Mage Association of Harland Territory participated in this war. My plan requires the participation of magicians to have a chance of winning."

Facing Kalani's question, Sharp did not answer directly, but turned his attention to Richard.

The military tents are all middle and senior officers of the Allied Forces of the Three Provinces, and it is almost impossible to have internal traitors.

Besides, Sharp's question is not considered confidential, so Richard immediately replied: "There are 67 members of the Harland Territory Mage Association, all of whom are in the camp, including my wife Sophia. There are also 16 official magicians in the Mage Group. However, there are 29 magic apprentices who know relatively few spells and can only undertake healing tasks, and seventeen apprentice mages participated in today's rescue tasks, and most of their magic power has been consumed."

"If we launch a surprise attack at dawn tonight, how many mages can we draw to join the battle?"

"Twenty mages can be dispatched to participate in the battle. Basically, they are official mages, and a few are also advanced magic apprentices."

After hearing Li Cha's answer, Sharp thought for a moment and said, "Enough is enough. My plan is to deploy two thousand elite soldiers, divide them into three echelons, and launch a surprise attack at dawn tonight. The mage group will follow the first echelon. The echelon carried earth bags and poured the soil under the city wall, and then the magician used spells to create a stone step for the first echelon. As long as we can successfully create the stone step, we have a chance of winning this battle."

After hearing Sharp's plan, Li Cha thought for a moment, and felt that if he refined it, he should have a good chance of winning.

"What's your opinion?"

Kalani said: "You can give it a try. The casualties in the storm are too high, so we can only use a surprise attack."

Seeing that no one else objected, Li Cha weighed things up a bit, and quickly made up his mind to launch a surprise attack at dawn tonight.

Li Cha mobilized 120 elite soldiers from the Allied Forces of the Three Provinces, and then [-] archers from the Harland Territory army, [-] Harland Territory magicians, and [-] monster cavalry all participated in the surprise attack.

Before setting off, Li Cha made another brief pre-war mobilization.

"When we set off, Duke Jonathan promised a great reward. If the interference war is won, the territories of the sixteen barons and three viscounts on the border will be conferred on meritorious ministers.

This area is far from the fertile land, three hundred kilometers away from the northern border of Stanik, and will not face orc invasion.After the victory of the intervention war, it will be a first-class fertile territory.

Whether you are the second sons of nobles, or members of the branch, if you can fight bravely and make military exploits, I will report the truth to Duke Jonathan.Gentlemen, whether you can change your destiny and become a respected hereditary noble depends on your battle today? "

After the mobilization was completed, Li Cha immediately led the team to set off. At 03:30 in the middle of the night, the first echelon was already lurking 150 meters away from the city wall.

The defenders of Bolsen Castle have been fighting for a long time and have rich experience in defending the city.For the enemy's surprise attack, preparations were made in advance, and not only soldiers were arranged on duty on the top of the city, but also clear and dark whistles were arranged.There are even mobile sentries constantly patrolling, even in the middle of the night, the enemy did not slack off.

Through the faint flames, Li Cha counted in secret. There are more than 400 soldiers on duty on the top of the city. The soldiers on duty are very alert, and they didn't fall asleep at almost four o'clock in the morning.

Seeing that the enemy has not revealed any flaws, and continues to approach the city wall, the danger of exposure is very great, but it is easy to be attacked by the enemy.After thinking for a while, Richard decided to let the archers of Harland's territory suppress the defenders, and Baron Sharp led the first echelon to launch a surprise attack.

With a little light from the fire, two hundred Harland archers drew their bowstrings and shot the first round of feather arrows towards the city.

These two hundred archers were all carefully selected, and many of them had raised their archery skills to the third level.

The third-level archery technique is almost full of arrows. Two hundred feathered arrows hit the top of the city, and each arrow was aimed at the vital point, causing serious casualties to the defenders in an instant.

This round of feather arrows directly killed more than 30 soldiers and injured more than [-] soldiers.

If it was during the day, if one wanted to cause such damage to the enemy, at least three hundred soldiers would be required to do so.

It was night after all, and the sentinels on the watchtower could not see far.With the help of the cover of night, the archers can approach the city wall. The torches lit on the city wall expose the defenders to the sight of the archers, as if shooting a target, causing a large number of casualties to the enemy.

"Enemy attack, put out the torches quickly, and let everyone be careful of feather arrows."

In the dark night, the grassroots officers defending the city reacted quickly, and immediately ordered the soldiers to blow the horn to call for reinforcements, then extinguished the torches, and hid their bodies behind the bunkers.

After the archers shot the feathered arrows, the soldiers of the first echelon immediately raised their shields, protected the magicians in the middle, and quickly rushed to the foot of the city wall.

The grenadier leaned out of his body, waving his arms and threw the alchemy bomb. In an instant, hundreds of alchemy bombs exploded on the top of the city, and shrapnel scattered all over the top of the city, killing and wounding more than 100 soldiers.

Continuously attacked by archers and grenadiers, the defenders on the top of the city suffered heavy casualties, lost their organizational system in an instant, and became extremely chaotic.

Li Cha fought with the first echelon.

When the first echelon arrived at the foot of the city wall, Li Cha immediately used the flying technique to fly over the head of Bolsen city in the dark, then opened the bottle of starlight, and poured the soil that had been packed in the bottle of starlight under the city wall .

With the powerful magical equipment of the bottle of starlight, there is no need for the soldiers of the first echelon to carry earth bags and create earth mountains.

The bottle of starlight has a large space, with a volume of 450 cubic meters.It is enough to make a soil slope 15 meters high, 15 meters long and [-] meters wide.

This sudden scene left the defenders stunned. Several officers suppressed the panic in their hearts, and immediately commanded the soldiers to point their arrows at Li Cha, trying to solve the trouble.

When the arrow hit, Li Cha immediately released the second-ring magic defense arrow.An energy vortex suddenly appeared around him, stirring up the arrows.

Using gravity, 450 cubic meters of soil was poured under the city wall, forming a slope immediately.

Seeing that the defenders were about to launch the second round of arrows, he would fall into the encirclement of the defenders at any time. After dumping the soil, Li Cha immediately released the four-ring magic and flew in the air, landing from the top of Bursen city.

When Li Cha fell to the top of the wall, the soldiers of the first echelon raised their large shields to protect the commander in the middle.

The magicians who fought with the first echelon released spells one after another to help the soldiers fight.

Sophia quickly released a powerful spell to turn mud into stone.She put almost all her mental power into it and basically exhausted her magic power.

Sophia is wearing a star necklace, although her mental strength is not as good as Richard's, it is more than forty points.With so much magic put into it, the spell of turning mud into stone is as powerful as a legendary spell.

Just after this powerful magic was released, a large amount of soil suddenly turned into a hard stone.The sloping passage under the city wall is like an indestructible stone ladder built on the top of the city.

After Sophia's magic power was exhausted, Li Cha immediately arranged for four Harland soldiers to send her back to the rear camp.

The stone slope appeared out of nowhere, and the soldiers of the first echelon reacted quickly. Baron Sharp took the lead and led a few professionals to climb the stone slope to fight against the city.

Under the leadership of Baron Sharp, a dozen soldiers climbed to the top of the city in the blink of an eye, occupying a foothold.

With the power of magic, the Allied Forces of the Three Provinces moved back a little geographical disadvantage.Relying on the rocky soil slope, soldiers continued to climb to the top of the city, and fierce hand-to-hand combat broke out on the top of the city.

In order to defend their homeland, Burson's defenders are also called brave and good at fighting, doing their best to stop the enemy.

However, the strength of the defenders was not as good as that of the elite soldiers of the first echelon, and they were soon at a disadvantage. Relying on the stone slope, more and more soldiers climbed the city wall.

(End of this chapter)